The Apostolic Fathers · AD 70–130
Zacchaeus of Jerusalem
fl. c. 112 (death unrecorded) · 4th bishop of Jerusalem (of the circumcision) · Jerusalem
The Apostolic Fathers
Who Zacchaeus of Jerusalem was
Fourth of the fifteen bishops of the circumcision who led the mother-church between Symeon’s crucifixion and Hadrian’s refounding of the city. A bare name in Eusebius’s list — the institutional memory of a Jewish-Christian Jerusalem that the Bar Kokhba catastrophe would soon end.
Also listed in the bishops of Jerusalem.
Common questions
When was Zacchaeus active?
Zacchaeus of Jerusalem is dated fl. c. 112 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Zacchaeus in the Apostolic Fathers (AD 70–130). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Zacchaeus?
Zacchaeus of Jerusalem is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Zacchaeus from?
The archive associates Zacchaeus of Jerusalem with Jerusalem.
Who were Zacchaeus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Zacchaeus of Jerusalem to 2 other figures, including Justus of Jerusalem and Tobias of Jerusalem. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History IV.5
c. AD 325…the first was James the so-called brother of the Lord; the second, Symeon; the third, Justus; Zacchaeus was the fourth…Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.5 · source text
Panarion 66.20 (the Jerusalem succession, with variant spellings)
c. AD 375Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 44 · Persecution under Herod Agrippa I, AD 44
- AD 49 · The Council of Jerusalem, AD 49
- AD 57 · Paul writes Romans, AD 57
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
- AD 70 · The fall of Jerusalem, AD 70
- AD 95 · Domitian’s reprisals, AD 95
- AD 96 · Rome writes to Corinth: 1 Clement, AD 96
- AD 112 · Pliny writes Trajan, AD 112
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Zacchaeus.